17.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Riverton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Riverton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes in Riverton (Qld) have remained remarkably strong, with far fewer residents reporting long-term illness than in most other areas. Only 17.2% of people here live with a long-term health condition, which is significantly lower than the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue at 13.8%, while 10.3% of people report a mental health condition, which is a little above the Australian average. Most residents are healthy, with 62.1% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
10.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Riverton, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the community reported needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Riverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32441/riverton/topic/health-disability